2009-2015 Cadillac CTS-V General Discussion Discussion, Need to know: May incentives for CTSV purchases. in Cadillac CTS-V Series Forum - 2009-2015; Wagon is on the lot, will be getting tomorrow PM. What are the May 2013 Cadillac incentives? Cadillac loyalty still ...

Re: Need to know: May incentives for CTSV purchases.

Bummer.

I already have my financing setup, conveniently at much better rates. Looks like I timed things wrong again and get to pay more or less full price. I just wanted to verify before getting to the dealer so I know what to expect.

Re: Need to know: May incentives for CTSV purchases.

why the sarcasm? I took the 0% when my wagon was delivered last month....free money is the best! I rolled in all the sales tax too since it was 0%. Will save you many thousands over a typical 5 year loan in interest. That is huge. When I ordered my wagon, I had them write in the contract that I would receive all rebates, including any manufacture to dealer rebates that are available at the time of delivery, that way you are covered. What is available or advertised when you order the car makes no difference, you have to plan to accept whatever is available when it is delivered.

Some manufactures pick either - when we ordered one of the wifes past cars from Audi, you could lock in the incentives when you ordered it, or you could roll the dice and get what is available when the car is delivered. I like that they offer the option, I wish all would do that.

Re: Need to know: May incentives for CTSV purchases.

Originally Posted by stl_ls1gto

When I ordered my wagon, I had them write in the contract that I would receive all rebates, including any manufacture to dealer rebates that are available at the time of delivery, that way you are covered.

How do you verify the dealer incentives? I haven't seen anywhere Cadillac publishes them so do you just hope someone has leaked them by the time you take delivery? Which may not have happened yet if you buy near the start of a new incentive.

Re: Need to know: May incentives for CTSV purchases.

I haven't been following them that long, but Edmunds.com seems to have them the day they're available. I don't even know how to navigate to it, I just Google it and it's one of the first few hits.

I think you are talking about the incentives to customers, not the secret ones to the dealers. With a customer incentive, a buyer will get the full value, with a dealer incentive the buyer may get all, none or anywhere in between, depending on whatever price for the car they can get you to agree to. The basic difference is the dealer incentive tends to mask what the dealr had to pay for the car you are buying which gives tham a bargaining advantage. For example, you know can easily find the invoice for a car and get a good idea what the hold back is for a typical sized and volume dealer. With no incentives, you know they won't order you a car for less than they pay for it. If it comes with a customer incentive, you just subtract that from what you will pay. If it comes with a dealer incentive and you don't know what that incentive is, you can't determine how low of a price the dealer can offer and still make a profit.